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Window Industries Top 30 Most Influential
Author: Ben | Leave a Comment >>Window Industries, one of the leading trade magazines, recently published their annual ‘Top 30′ – a list of the most influential people currently working in the the glass and glazing industry. Here’s what they had to say about Conservatory Outlet and its MD, Matthew Glover.
“Conservatory Outlet is perhaps the most influential fabricator in the UK currently, having set the standard for marketing that many others are now trying to emulate, but so far few if any are showing signs of the success enjoyed by Conservatory Outlet and its customers. Still everywhere in the market, despite dropping out of GlassTalk, Matthew retains RCG and seems to have a finger in every blog, pie, cause and charity.
With Conservatory Outlet, Matthew Glover has created a hugely successful and unique fabricator business model. The Conservatory Outlet network comprises of a relatively small number of…
GGF Congratulates G10 Award Winners
Author: Conservatory Outlet Team | Leave a Comment >>The GGF has congratulated all of its members who were successful at the G10 Awards last week (Thursday, December 2). Together, GGF members represented 75% of the winning companies.
The G10 Awards is the biggest event in the glass and glazing calendar, and despite the snow, more than 500 people turned out to see who would be recognised as leaders in their field.
“The G10 Awards are a fantastic endorsement of the quality that exists in our industry,” Nigel Rees, GGF chief executive said. “And I am particularly proud that nine out of the 12 winners are members of the Glass & Glazing Federation.”
The nine GGF G10 Awards winners are:
• Pilkington (Health & Safety Initiative Of The Year)
• Solaglas (Component Supplier Of The Year)
• Edgetech (Promotional Campaign Of The Year – Trade
• Arron Clegg and Scott Burrows (Apprentice Of The Year –…
GGF Debates The Work Of The Glass & Glazing Federation
Author: Conservatory Outlet Team | Leave a Comment >>Many People Believe That Trade Associations Are Bodies That Are Self Serving And Unresponsive To The Real Interests Of The Sectors They Claim To Serve. Prove Otherwise.
As a representative body, the GGF been around for hundreds of years, serving the interests of its members. If our members had, at any time, thought that the GGF was ‘self-serving and unresponsive to the real interests of the sectors they claim to serve’, they would simply leave. It is insulting to suggest that they would be happy to fatten an incompetent cash cow.
Now into its fourth century the GGF continues to evolve. In the last year, we have sought external communications advice, and, together with the move to new offices, are now presenting the work of the GGF openly to ensure that our members and indeed, anyone involved with flat glass and glazing, fully understands the role of the GGF and…
Wait Over! Approved Documents L & F Published
Author: Conservatory Outlet Team | Leave a Comment >>The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) is extremely pleased to note from the final Approved Document L (Conservation of Fuel and Power) and Approved Document F (Ventilation) for England and Wales, announced on 30 April 2010, that the Communities and Local Government (CLG) have listened to the representations of the Federation and the industry.
The principal changes announced were as follows:
- For replacement windows, compliance to be based on Window Energy Rating Band C (currently Band E) with an alternative of a U Value of not worse than 1.6 W/m2K (currently 2.0). The centre pane alternative of 1.2 remains but for a limited range of applications only.
- Conservatories: The current exemption clause remains
- The potentially burdensome requirement of ‘Consequential Improvements’ has been excluded.
- A proposal for trickle vents to be fitted to all replacement windows has been dropped (under strong
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Glass & Glazing Federation Window & Door Group Chairmen
Author: Conservatory Outlet Team | Leave a Comment >>At West Yorkshire Windows, we have recently become members of the GGF (The Glass & Glazing Federation). If you can remember, at the very first GlassTalk event, last March, one of the ‘On The Couch’ discussions was supposed to be Ian Chisholm trying to convince us to become members by selling the benefits. We actually ran out of time so it never happened.
Ian then came up to see Matthew and I and went through all the reasons for joining and we agreed to be members.
Before Ian came up to see me, I thought that the only good the GGF did was to create a few documents that we use, like the fact sheet on condensation and guide lines to what size footings we should use when building conservatories. I was very wrong.
On the 11th of February I went down to the…
Conservatory Outlet Dealers Accept Glasstalk Challenge and Join the GGF
Author: Conservatory Outlet Team | Leave a Comment >>One of the items on the GlassTalk programme last March was for the GGF’s Ian Chisholm to convince Conservatory Outlet dealer West Yorkshire Windows and the main Conservatory Outlet to join up if they found the arguments to be compelling enough. Unfortunately the opportunity for what would have been a highly public debate – and commitment or rejection depending on how the discussions went – was lost when time ran out.
Nonetheless Andrew Glover, Managing Director of West Yorkshire Windows and Matthew Glover, Managing Director of Conservatory Outlet took the challenge, looked closely at what membership of the GGF could offer – and promptly committed themselves to join!
The brothers, co-organisers of GlassTalk (http://www.glasstalk.co.uk), the highly successful event launched to provide a networking event in March when Glassex was postponed, have very successful businesses and a reputation for being at the cutting edge of window and conservatory retail sales,…
